The impact of co-combustion of polyethylene plastics and wood
in a small residential boiler on emissions of gaseous
pollutants, particulate matter, PAHs and 1, 3,
5-triphenylbenzene

J 2018

The impact of co-combustion of polyethylene plastics and wood in a small residential boiler on emissions of gaseous pollutants, particulate matter, PAHs and 1, 3, 5-triphenylbenzene

TOMŠEJ, Tomáš, Jiri HORAK, Sarka TOMSEJOVA, Kamil KRPEC, Jana KLÁNOVÁ et. al.

Basic information

Original name

The impact of co-combustion of polyethylene plastics and wood in a small residential boiler on emissions of gaseous pollutants, particulate matter, PAHs and 1, 3, 5-triphenylbenzene

Authors

TOMŠEJ, Tomáš (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jiri HORAK (203 Czech Republic), Sarka TOMSEJOVA (203 Czech Republic), Kamil KRPEC, Jana KLÁNOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Milan DEJ (203 Czech Republic) and Frantisek HOPAN (203 Czech Republic)

Edition

Chemosphere, OXFORD, ENGLAND, PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2018, 0045-6535

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10511 Environmental sciences

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 5.108

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/18:00102334

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.12.127

UT WoS

000425075500003

Keywords in English

1-3-5-triphenylbenzene; P-quaterphenyl; Co-combustion of wood and PE/PET plastic; PAHs; Emissions; Residential boiler

Abstract

V originále

The aim of this study was to simulate a banned but widely spread practice of co-combustion of plastic with wood in a small residential boiler and to quantify its impact on emissions of gaseous pollutants, particulate matter (PM), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and 1,3,5-triphenylbenzene (135TPB), a new tracer of polyethylene plastic combustion. Supermarket polyethylene shopping bags (PE) and polyethylene terephthalate bottles (PET) were burnt as supplementary fuels with beech logs (BL) in an old-type 20 kW over-fire boiler both at a nominal and reduced heat output. An impact of co-combustion was more pronounced at the nominal heat output: an increase in emissions of PM, total organic carbon (TOC), toxic equivalent (TEQ) of 7 carcinogenic PAHs (c-PAHs) and a higher ratio of c-PAHs TEQ in particulate phase was observed during co-combustion of both plastics. 135TPB was found in emissions from both plastics both at a nominal and reduced output. In contrast to findings reported in the literature, 135TPB was a dominant compound detected by mass spectrometry on m/z 306 exclusively in emissions from co-combustion of PE. Surprisingly, six other even more abundant compounds of unknown identity were found on this m/z in emissions from co-combustion of PET. One of these unknown compounds was identified as p-quaterphenyl (pQ). Principal component analysis revealed strong correlation among 135TPB, pQ and five unknown compounds. pQ seems to be suitable tracers of polyethylene terephthalate plastic co-combustion, while 135TPB proved its suitability to be an all-purpose tracer of polyethylene plastics combustion.

Links

LO1214, research and development project

Name: Centrum pro výzkum toxických látek v prostředí (Acronym: RECETOX)

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR

Citovat

TOMŠEJ, Tomáš, Jiri HORAK, Sarka TOMSEJOVA, Kamil KRPEC, Jana KLÁNOVÁ, Milan DEJ and Frantisek HOPAN. The impact of co-combustion of polyethylene plastics and wood in a small residential boiler on emissions of gaseous pollutants, particulate matter, PAHs and 1, 3, 5-triphenylbenzene. Chemosphere. OXFORD, ENGLAND: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2018, vol. 196, April, p. 18-24. ISSN 0045-6535. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.12.127.

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TOMŠEJ, Tomáš, Jiri HORAK, Sarka TOMSEJOVA, Kamil KRPEC, Jana KLÁNOVÁ, Milan DEJ and Frantisek HOPAN. The impact of co-combustion of polyethylene plastics and wood in a small residential boiler on emissions of gaseous pollutants, particulate matter, PAHs and 1, 3, 5-triphenylbenzene. \textit{Chemosphere}. OXFORD, ENGLAND: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2018, vol.~196, April, p.~18-24. ISSN~0045-6535. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.12.127.

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